title: Acute Wallerian degeneration of middle cerebellar peduncles due to basilar artery thrombosis.
abstract: Wallerian degeneration (WD) is the process of demyelination and disintegration of the distal axonal segment following the interruption of the axonal integrity or damage to the neuron. We report a patient having WD of middle cerebellar peduncles due to pontine infarction caused by basilar artery thrombosis. We review the anatomy and discuss the pathogenesis of this condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland ; Lifescan Imaging Centre, Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Foram
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gala
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfeiffer
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kollias
keywords: Basilar artery thrombosis; Wallerian degeneration; demyelination; diffusion-weighted imaging; middle cerebellar peduncle